Password Protect Links [How To]

Looking for a quick and easy solution to password protect a link, URL or webpage? If so, I believe to have found a solution that you’ll want to keep bookmarked.

The background on this post comes from having been asked the question many times by members looking to further protect the audio and/or video files being delivered to clients.

Typically, I would suggest utilizing the password protect feature of WordPress, and adding the media to that page. This seems to work extremely well for anyone using WordPress, and while it would be a powerful feature to include in the core of AudioAcrobat, it has not yet reached development.

However, not everyone uses WordPress, and we live in a world of instant gratification, so… naturally, we want a solution NOW!

In the meantime, let’s take a look at using a free, web-based service called thinfi to accomplish the goal of password protecting a single URL, link or webpage.

How to Password Protect an AudioAcrobat MP3 Download Link

Let’s start by looking at the number one request for password protection we’ve received: further securing an MP3 Download Link generated within an AudioAcrobat member account.

Part 1: Generate MP3 Download Link

This part is super easy, and can be done using the following quick steps:

Quick Steps:

1. Login to your AudioAcrobat account
2. Click the “Audio” tab on the left
3. Click the title of the Audio you wish to publish
4. Click “Publish for Web and Email”
5. Click “Publish Download Link”

Here, you will want to highlight and copy the Audio File URL, as seen in the following screenshots: